Windows 10: Moving the Windows.old directory

I have a C partition which is not very large. So when there was a recent windows update and windows created the windows.old directory my space on the C partition got small. So I thought it was a good idea to move the windows.old directory to another partition.


This was apparently a very bad idea.


1. Windows had a blocking error moving some of the trustedinstaller files. So I had to cancel the move from C to D

The result was that approximately half of the content was moved from C to D

2. I tried to make it clean again and tried to move the stuff back from D to C merge? -> Yes

There was again a blocking error messsage and windows did not allow me to move the files back.

3. I tried to use the windows disc cleanup tool to remove the remaining content on C but the previous installation of windows was not listed in the tool. So this did not help.

4. I tried to delete the windows.old directory with admin privileges but the system stays in state calculating.


The strict permission scheme of windows which can often be a safety feature now works against me. Now this windows.old is in an inconsistent state.

Can you please help? How can I clean up my windows.old directory /directories?

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Windows 10 - Documents directory moved once , but cannot be moved again.

Hi,

To save space on my C: drive, I moved my Documents directory to another new, otherwise empty drive (G using the right click - properties - location - move
option on the original Documents directory under "This PC". This moved it ok, but I then realised that I had moved everything to the root of the new drive instead of into a new "Documents" directory. I now have a "G:\" item showing under "This
PC" instead of "Documents" but otherwise everything seems to work ok. However, I need to fix this as I also want to move other libraries such as Pictures etc to the G: drive as well.

So, I thought I would undo this by moving it back to where it was then move it again to the new target properly. However, I cannot get this to work.:

• I create a new "Documents" sub directory in my user directory in c:\users.
• I use the right click - properties - location - move on the current location ("G:\" under "This PC") and select the new Documents directory I created in the step above as the new location.
  
• I click "OK" and get the warning message recommending that all files are moved, and I click "OK" again.
• I then get an "access denied" message and nothing is moved.

My user ID is in the administrators group. I have tried this again to another drive, and I have even given my user ID specific full access privileges to the target drive just in case. However, I the same "access denied" issue noted above every time,
and I have discovered the following:

• After I click "OK" on the "Access Denied" message, I check the target directory and it no longer seems to be there.
• I can see the target directory again if I deselect the "Hide protected operating system files" setting for the drive.
• The target drive is set to "Hidden" and seems to have been assigned as a protected operating system directory by the move process. I assume this happens before anything is actually moved and this results in the "access denied" issue.
  

This happens every time. I have created several new test target directories across a few different data only drives. Before I try the move, the directory is not hidden (or seen as a protected operating system directory), but as soon as I try the move,
it is then set as hidden etc and the move fails. I can manually copy files in to these new directories ok but the move process fails every time.

Any ideas?